The Fastest Slow Guy You Know: August 2016

Sunday, August 14, 2016

For Sale: XL Retrotec fillet-brazed single speed

Curtis Inglis built me this Retrotec frame in 2008. It has (wet) red paint, hand-painted downtube logos and a gold-painted head tube badge. I built it with mostly gold parts. I had a red / gold klunker when I was 13, in 1981, which I bought second-hand. This bike was built in homage to that bike. Size is XL. I'm 6'2". Bike will come with some additional gold parts; Thomson layback post and 130mm stem, Stans Flow rim (un-laced) and a few other extras. I had parts custom-anodized gold for this bike, including the disassembled Gravity Dropper post. All parts' dip times were adjusted for their alloy, to ensure consistent color. Frame is fillet-brazed, with a Phil Wood eccentric bottom bracket, for single speed chain tension adjustment, but it also has a rear derailleur hanger. It could be run geared or single-speed. I built it as a single speed. Bottom bracket uses grub screws to locate the eccentric. It has never creaked. The paint is scratched, and there are chips. The parts are in good shape. The fork, bottom bracket have just been serviced, the chain and brakes are new. The brake hoses have been cut and the brakes bled. The tires have just had fresh Stans fluid added. The bike is as clean as it can get, and is ready to go. I am selling it because Curtis is going to build me a new Retrotec. Price is $2200.

Wheelbase 112cm / 44"

Chainstays 44.5cm / 17.5"

Front center 66.5cm / 26"

ETT 63.5cm / 25"

More photos here.

Frame: Retrotec XL fillet-brazed, single-speed or geared, wet red paint with gold accents

Fork: 100mm Reba, with custom-painted lowers and gold decals, 20mm thru-axle

Rims: custom-anodized gold 32h Stans Flow

Front Hub: 20mm thru-axle Chris King gold 32h

Rear Hub: 135mm Chris King gold single speed with "Fun Bolts" 32h

Spokes: DT-Swiss Competition

Tires: Maxxis Ardent 29x2.4 front, Panaracer Rampage 29x2.35 rear, tubeless